Red Hall Drive, The Lochside Public House
Red Hall Drive, The Lochside Public House
HER Number
15639
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Red Hall Drive, The Lochside Public House
Place
Heaton
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
Class
Commercial
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
Site Type: Specific
Public House
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Opened in 1954 By James Deuchar to serve Cochrane Park estate. He closed the Criterion and the Cricketer's Arms in Newcastle to open this pub. The name comes from two coastal steamers, Lochside (launched 1905) and Lochside II (launched in 1925), which brought beer from Deuchar's brewery in Montrose to Tyneside. 1500 barrels of beer were carried on the 16-hour voyage. Locals said 'all the sloshing about improved the beer'.
Easting
427730
Northing
567020
Grid Reference
NZ427730567020
Sources
Brian Bennison, 1996, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two - The North and East, p 15